The black-headed duck Heteronetta atricapilla, a little-known South American species, is the only obligate brood parasite whose chicks require no more parental care than incubation as eggs: within a ...

Jerry Coyne, a professor emeritus in the Department of Ecology and Evolution and the official “duck-master” of Botany Pond, spoke to the Maroon about the pond’s new inhabitants.

the appropriately named torrent duck is a striking example of evolution's adaptive power. Torrent ducks have evolved toward higher concentrations of myoglobin, a protein which helps to hold oxygen ...